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# Tally votes
#* Each ballot counts as 1 point for the chosen candidate.
# Eliminate candidates without enough support in their riding
#* The top candidate in each riding, counting local votes only, is never eliminated.
#* The second candidate in each riding, counting local votes only, is eliminated only if their local votes are fewer than half those of the top.
#* Others are eliminated by default, surviving only if their local votes are more than half those of the top AND their total direct votes (including non-local write-ins) are more than those of the top local candidate. (For this rule, "top" is counted by local votes only, but "those of" includes non-local votes.)
#* This makes sure that no riding is badly mis-represented just because a given party "deserves" more winners.
#* It also helps discourage voters from splintering into small single-issue parties. If a party can’t pass this threshold in even one riding, it won’t get seats. But those votes can still be transferred, so those voters can still be represented by a relatively sympathetic candidate from a slightly larger party.
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